Prosecutor’s Office: There is no complaint against the “seventies” chairman ON PAGE 4 Prosecutor’s Office: There is no complaint against the “seventies” chairman Mezini: The lawsuit is absurd ON PAGE 4

Concerns for Kukës residents trading in Prizren ON PAGE 4 Concerns for Kukës residents trading in Prizren Serbs and gangs, the market blockade ON PAGE 4

The Gjirokastër Prosecutor’s Office is afraid to open its doors ON PAGE 4 The Gjirokastër Prosecutor’s Office is afraid to open its doors Protect us. We are under threat ON PAGE 4

Democratic Party MPs take on the responsibility of stopping the Kalashnikov-wielders’ revenge Democratic Party MPs will enter parliament today to restore to the country the responsible and loyal parliamentary opposition that Albania has lacked for many years. Democratic MPs will take their seats in the parliamentary chamber, not to lend legitimacy to the Kalashnikov parliament, but to make clear the great divide between the free vote and communist armed rebellion. The Democratic Party MPs’ entry into parliament does not in any way mean that the majority of the Kalashnikov-wielding MPs, who have desecrated that hallowed chamber by taking it over, can now wash their bloodstained hands. With the Democrats entering parliament, Albanians will find it easier to see the profound contrast between the Kalashnikov MPs and those who came to office through genuine political competition. The opposition was absent from parliamentary proceedings for several days to remind Albanians and the international community once again that the people who came to power with the help of armed gangs and crime pose a threat to the lives, values and freedoms won over the past five years. The DP MPs chose not to witness the installation of the administration approved [?] through the Kalashnikov parliament. They could not be present in a chamber that approved a clan-based president or a government of two [?], with a compromised prime minister who, according to the Albanian courts, should still be in prison, while his file remains open with the Italian justice system. On the other hand, the opposition could not enter a parliament that, from its very first day, embarked on a brutal revenge campaign, targeting proportional-representation leaders of the Democratic Party and MPs from opposition parties. The DP’s firm stance, as well as international support on this issue, forced the Kalashnikov parliament to back down and approve the mandates of MPs Laco and Bushati, thus marking the opposition’s first parliamentary victory against the arrogant revanchism of Albania’s former communists. Although many Democratic Party supporters and sympathizers have long been asking when the Democratic MPs would enter parliament, their initial absence from the Kalashnikov parliament can now be judged to have been a timely political move. For the Democratic Party, the Kalashnikov parliament is just as unacceptable in its conditions as the elections of 29 June were. But, while honoring all the agreements signed, and above all for reasons related to the country’s stability, from today the opposition MPs will shoulder the responsibility of opposing and denouncing every effort by the Socialist Party’s installed power to divide and severely restrict Albanians’ fundamental rights and political freedoms. Today, more than ever, the opposition MPs have the clear mission of stopping or tempering the communist revanchism that hangs threateningly over every Albanian’s head. From today, Albanians will have the opportunity to hear the opposition’s strong voice in parliament too: its accusations, criticisms, and alternative. The opposition’s mission is to awaken, through the force of its words and alternatives, its constituency, forcibly diminished by the Kalashnikov majority in the rushed elections of 29 June. The democratic opposition is Albania’s fate and salvation from the installed power of the Kalashnikov parliament.

Special police surround the “Çole” neighborhood. Eight arrested in Vlorë. Among them, the gang boss’s brother Eliminating the gang from the “Çole” neighborhood, considered the largest in this city, will subsequently make it possible to eliminate the gangs in the other rival neighborhoods as well

How a normal town turned into a town of rebels ON PAGE 3

With the World Bank’s permanent representative in Albania, Carlos Elbirt —while the World Bank will continue its development programs from where they were interrupted and will make it possible to secure donors if the conditions that the Rome conference set for the socialist government are fulfilled ON PAGE 5

On Saturday, discussion of the Rome conditions The Democratic Party invites all parliamentary parties to a round table on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at the Palace of Congresses. This was announced by the press office of the party, which explained that the purpose of the meeting is to discuss fulfilling the conditions of the Rome conference. The PD has been taking the initiative for several days to hold a round table among all parliamentary parties. Its proposal has received support from all the other parties. The PS Secretary General, Pandeli Majko, has spoken in favor of such a table, while PD leader Sali Berisha has emphasized that this table is not a duplication of other forums, such as parliament or the government. In any case, such a round table serves to resolve the crisis in the country and to fulfill the Rome conditions. V.E

The Ministry of Culture turns into a prison After all this time in the post of Minister of Culture, Arta Dade has issued her first order. As if she were the director of prisons rather than the Minister of Culture, Dade has set out a schedule of actions and diktats: “No employee is to walk the corridors,” “surveys will be conducted” on the discipline of employees’ movements, among other orders from Dade. The racket on Tuesday, which they apparently use to call for ministers, seems to have its source in the revisionist (K?) year that brought her party and the party of the gradi ministries to power. Dade, who has not convened the Ministry’s Collegium for a long time, has in effect blocked the department’s work. Since she does not convene the Collegium, where the relevant tasks are assigned, no employee not only knows what to do, but also has nothing to do. While waiting for new orders from headquarters to remove directors from their posts, Dade has blocked the ministry’s activity and has nothing left to do but waste time and issue prison regulations. N. Gj.

The CEC Deputy Chairman, PS representative Fatos Klosi, continues to break the law The Socialists continue to break the law. Fatos Klosi, CEC Deputy Chairman and PS representative, on the orders of Bashkim Fino, has stolen the CEC seal, violating the law, and has continued falsifying ballot papers in zone 4 of Shkodër. The order to steal the CEC seal was issued by the Governmental Election Commission, chaired by Bashkim Fino. As is known, in the elections held in zone 22, where the PD candidate won, and in zone 4, there were again violations of the law, because voting did not take place at this polling station and there were widespread at this polling station and there was excess voting at the polling station, along with the whole scandal of the theft of the seal from the CEC. Dr. Pellumb Cela, a member of the CEC, said that “the CEC majority’s decision to declare the PS candidate the winner in zone 4 is illegal, because under the Constitutional Court’s decision voting had to take place at 14 polling stations.” “Four polling stations refused to hold the vote because of the marks and the seal on the ballot paper, since it is irregular and legally unchangeable,” Dr. Cela continued. As is known, the communist revanche began first at the CEC, where Klosi and Kondi, PS representatives, began falsifications and violations of the law. The latest scandal at the CEC, involving the theft of the seal, the involvement of Deputy Prime Minister Fino, and the illegal announcement of the results in zone 4 without fulfilling the Constitutional Court’s legal requirement, is of an unimaginable magnitude. Tomorrow we will inform you of all the details of the scandal involving the theft of the CEC seal. SH.P.

Football Federation votes against the rebellion in sport Yesterday, the Albanian Football Federation decided to declare Sport Klub Tirana the champion of Albania for this year’s football season and took disciplinary measures against the Vlorë team, which violated sports ethics through its actions. Yesterday’s decision, which also set the score of the Tirana–Flamurtari match at 2–0 in favor of the capital’s team, also ended the uncertainty created after the Vlorë footballers abandoned the match five minutes before it ended. This was accompanied by serious acts of violence and by several dozen Vlorë fans who followed the team. The Federation said yesterday that it had made its decision after analyzing the entire serious incident, referring to the match report, the observer’s testimony, the claims concerning the championship cup, and the match officials. Yesterday the Federation announced that it had decided to suspend the Vlorë coaches from managing the team for one year, impose a fine of 100 thousand lekë, and warned that it would not tolerate such actions in the future. A. K.

Genc Pollo before journalists on the day the Parliament of Kalashnikovs opened, when he was not allowed to read the statement on behalf of the PD group